8. Map Projections

8.1. Map Projection with Geopandas

import geopandas
import maplotlib
district_gdf = geopandas.read_file("/Users/.../school_district.shp", encoding='utf-8')

# view the attribute information
district_gdf.head()

# view the geometry
district_gdf.plot()

# view the coordinate reference system
district_gdf.crs

# set the coordinate reference system
district_gdf.crs="EPSG:4326"

If you want to reproject the data into a different coordinate system, you need to use .to_crs() method and specify the coordinate system we want to convert the data to.

import geopandas
import maplotlib
district_gdf = geopandas.read_file("/Users/.../school_district.shp", encoding='utf-8')

# view the coordinate reference system
district_gdf.crs

# reproject the coordinate system to another coordinate system
district_utm_gdf = district_gdf.to_crs("EPSG:32643")

# view the reprojected geometry
district_utm_gdf.plot()